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Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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Audiences 59GoodWatch 60
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 6 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 fantasy movies, −34 min on the typical 100
typical 10066Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Released
1947
August 8, 1947
79 years ago
Genres
FantasyComedyRomanceMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 11 more16 people
- James EllisonMonte Crandall
- Anne GwynnePhyllis Beecher
- Edward Everett HortonEric
- Ruth DonnellyAunt Susan Beecher
- Stephanie BachelorIrene Winters
- Grant WithersBill Winters
- Lloyd CorriganThe Late Timothy Beecher
- Emil RameauProf. Jacques Dubonnet
Jonathan HaleMax Atterbury
Charles HaltonT. O'Connor Scott
Holmes HerbertJudge
Edward GarganNewsstand man- MHMichael HughesReporter
- EGEugene GerickeReporter
William AustinBarnaby
Robert J. WilkeBurglar
Directing · 2
- George Blair Director
- John Grubbs Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Randall Faye Screenplay
- Taylor Caven Story
Production · 1
- Armand Schaefer Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- John Alton Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Fred Allen Editor
Sound · 2
- Joseph Dubin Music
- Victor B. Appel Sound
Art · 3
- John McCarthy Jr. Set Decoration
- George Milo Set Decoration
- Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Adele Palmer Costume Design
- Bob Mark Makeup Supervisor
Other crew · 2
- Theodore Lydecker Special Effects
- Howard Lydecker Special Effects
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